As we progress through the unit, I will post various resources here. These will be useful once you select the topic for your essay. I will post at least one essay or excerpt from a book for each topic. Maps of Africa, the Congo, and Marlow's Journey These were taken from Gary Adelman's text Heart of Darkness: Search for the Unconscious.
List of Poetry Essay Questions from previous A.P. Exams AP Literature Poetry Essay Prompts. “The Broken Heart” (John Donne) Prompt: Read the following poem carefully. Then, in a well-organized essay, analyze how the speaker uses the varied imagery of the poem to reveal his attitude toward the nature of love. 1996 Poem: “The Author to Her Book” (Anne Bradstreet) Prompt: Read.
The score reflects the quality of the essay as a whole—its content, its style, its mechanics. Students are rewarded for what they do well. The score for an exceptionally well-written essay may be raised by 1 point above the otherwise appropriate score. In no case may a poorly written essay be scored higher than a 3.
Approaching the AP Literature Essay Overview 77 Poetry Essay Prompts 93 Poetry Essay Prompts Answers and Explanations 108 Prose Essay Prompts 115 Prose Essay Prompts Answers and Explanations 143 Open Essay Prompts 151 Part III: Sample Tests 163 Sample Practice Test 1 165 Section 1: Multiple-Choice Questions 165 Section 2: Essays 176.
You will read primary source material from those who experienced colonialism on both sides, an essay by George Orwell on British colonialism in Burma, a couple of poems that relate to our reading, and two novels that deal with colonialism in Africa: Joseph Conrad’s The Heart of Darkness and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.
The international 2019 AP English Literature and Composition Exam is now available on the AP Course Audit site and in the AP Classroom question bank. The free-response questions for this exam have been modified to align with this year’s exam specifications. The exam is accompanied by scoring guidelines that align with this year’s exam.
AP Literature Prompts for question 3. 2012 “And, after all, our surroundings influence our lives and characters as much as fate, destiny or any supernatural agency.” Pauline Hopkins, Contending Forces Choose a novel or play in which cultural, physical, or geographical surroundings shape psychological or moral traits in a character. Then.
Summary: Heart of Darkness, a novel written by Joseph Conrad, explores the experiences of Marlow, the main character of the novel and the main narrator.It begins with several men on a ship travelling along the Thames River. Marlow, the only named character on the ship, begins telling the other men of his journeys, beginning with his childhood curiosities and his dark perceptions about Europe.